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Spiritual Headship was Spiritual Abuse in My Family

But towards the end of our marriage, something else changed. For the first time ever, if I questioned or challenged him about a doctrinal belief that had changed, he started to pull rank saying he was the spiritual head of the home. That had never occurred before.

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In the Wake of the Doug Phillips Affair, a Mother Grieves and Seeks Our Prayers

*     *     * The Doug Phillips affair has touched many lives.  Read as a mother cries out for prayer as she "fostered some pretty difficult beliefs" on her children by adhering to teachings in the Homeschool Movement and Doug Phillips and Vision Forum. *     *     *  Hear… Continue reading In the Wake of the Doug Phillips Affair, a Mother Grieves and Seeks Our Prayers